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| The town of Marmaris, nestled in
a spectacular setting, hosts a nearby thriving wooden boat industry, a
government-run carpet co-op, endless restaurants and tourist facilities,
and the most popular and crowded marina in the country.
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Skopea Limani
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| Skopea Limani, near Gocek on the
Turquoise Coast, is justly famous for its lush natural beauty and its
Byzantine and Lycian ruins.
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Kapadokya (Capadoccia)
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| Photographs of Kapadokya just
don't do justice to the unique landscape of volcano-created towers and
caves -- but that didn't stop us from filling up our memory sticks daily while hiking and exploring. The photo bottom
right is of the sitting area of our
friends Jeff & Gail's incredibly romantic room at our cave hotel (we
opted for the room with a jacuzzi). From top left across, photos
number 2,5, 6, and 12 were taken by Sea Witch.
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Istanbul
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us were the Blue Mosque, the mosaics in Aya Sofya, and a leisurely cruise on the
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| Alley storefront, complete with alley cat. |
Liza and Gail don their Red
Sea outfits to visit the Blue Mosque. |
After a bad bout of Turkey Tummy in Ankara,
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Southwest Turkey
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| The interior of Turkey is a
scenic contrast of new and old. |
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| While on the hard for annual
maintenance at Marti Marina (perhaps the only marina in the world built
around early medieval ruins), we stayed at the Erol Motel, family-run farm
pension where our spic-and-span room ran US$24/nt, including
breakfast and a home-cooked dinner, plus nightly satellite TV (in Turkish) on the back deck with the
rest of the village. |
Voyage of Heartsong III